Sam Dyson (South Carolina RHP)- Meet the Brandon Morrow of the 2009 draft. Dyson has the best fastball in the draft besides Strasburg sitting in the mid 90′s and reaching 98. He also has a slider, curveball and changeup that are all average to below average. His slider is a plus pitch when he locates it good [...]

You have to love Tim Dierkes’ MLB Trade Rumors as a quick reference for all of the off the field activity around baseball, but far too many people read MLBTR’s summaries and fail to click through and read the source.  Of course we don’t have time to read the dozens or even hundreds of articles [...]

Jared Mitchell (LSU RF)- A two sport athlete (also a WR at LSU), Mitchell’s future is clearly in baseball but due to the fact that he hasn’t been able to fully concentrate on baseball until now he’s a very raw college prospect. Mitchell has good speed, plays good defense and has a strong throwing arm. On the [...]

Seattle’s top power hitting prospect Dennis Raben had microfracture surgery on his knee two weeks ago, according to his blog.  He doesn’t mention how long he’ll be out of action and I can’t think of any other baseball players to have the surgery, but I know about a year of recovery time is required for [...]

We took a look at the organization’s outfield depth on Wednesday and were able to determine that it’s a position of strength.  We’ve got two major league outfielders that are very good and aren’t going anywhere for a few years, four or five legitimate prospects and several toolsy project players that will boom or bust, [...]